A unique piece of information that marks or signifies a particular entity within a domain. Such information is only unique within a particular domain.

An identity is a set of information that is attributable to a given entity. [Source: Wikipedia on Digital Identity.] Identity is a presentation or role of an entity. [Source: Roger Clarke.] a set of claims made by one entity about itself or another entity. [Source: Kim Cameron.] An identity is the set of the properties of an entity that allows the entity to be distinguished from other entities. Identities are owned by their entities. Identities have several key attributes, including: anonymity, strength, owning entity.

The distinguishing character of the personality or behaviors of an individual.

Identity relations are used to specify that two model ingredients in different imported model fragments are the same. There are two possible applications. Firstly, they can be used to indicate that two entities in different imported model fragments are actually the same one. Secondly, they can be used to specialise entities in child model fragments. For example, the fish entity in a parent model fragment can be specialised to a salmon entity in the child model fragment.

(Unihipili, Uhane, Aumakua) Sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing. Divine Creator; Source.

the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"

a real-world entity (such as a person, company, or organization) that has a public key associated with him, her, or it

a relation that maintains the identify between an attribute on one object and an attribute on another object

a set of claims made by one entity about itself or another entity (to paraphrase Cameron )

a distinguishing characteristic of an object that denotes a separate existence of the object even though the object may have the same data values as another object

An individual's perceptions regarding the degree to which the objectives, rules, and rewards of his or her educational/work environment are clear and stable.

Uniqueness property of objects. The fact that an object's state is mutable means that it is significant which object is addressed in expressions.

The unique nature of an object that distinguishes it from all other objects.

A representation of any entity that does business with the Oracle Security Server.

Identity refers to the way people see themselves--the groups they feel a part of, the significant aspects of themselves that they use to describe themselves to others. Some theorists distinguish between collective identity, social identity, and personal identity. However, all are related in one way or another to a description of who one is, and how one fits into his or her social group and society over all.

The set of attributes that apply to and may distinguish an entity. Sometimes used to refer to a subset of those attributes.

property of an object that distinguishes the object from all others.

An instance of java.security.Identity, a security object that contains information about a specific entity, such as a user or a group.

The relationship of an avatar to a real-world individual or an artificial intelligence (AI), which can vary in usefulness and personality from an answering machine to an autonomous entity. This includes such things as multiple identities, gender, links to other resources (such as Web pages or e-mail addresses), ID validation information to enable financial transactions, and so on. Note that identity refers to how identity is stored and transferred rather than a philosophical question.

The distinguishing characteristics by which a consumer is known. May also includes any unique information about a consumer such as a Social Insurance number.

The distinguishing character or personality of an individual; the condition of being the same with something described or asserted.

Identity refers to the way in which people see themselves - the groups that they feel part of, and the significant aspects of themselves that they use to describe themselves to others. Some theorists distinguish among collective identity, social identity and personal identity. However, all of these are related to a description of who one is and how one fits into social groups and society as a whole (Conflict Research Consortium, 1998).

The distinguishing character or personality of a consumer. Also includes any unique information about a consumer such as a Social Security number.

The combination of the public key and any other public information for an entity. The public information may include user identification data such as, for example, an e-mail address. A user certified as being the entity it claims to be.

In philosophy, identity is whatever makes an entity definable and recognizable, in terms of possessing a set of qualities or characteristics that distinguish it from entities of a different type. Or, in layman's terms, identity is whatever makes something the or .

Identity is an umbrella term used throughout the social sciences for an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity. This term, though generic, can be specified by the disciplines of psychology and sociology, as well as the two forms of social psychology.

An identity in object-oriented programming, object-oriented design and object-oriented analysis describes the property of objects that distinguishes them from other objects. This is closely related to the philosophical concept of identity.

Identity is a 2003 psychological thriller, directed by James Mangold and written by Michael Cooney. The film stars John Cusack, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet. The plot is based loosely on Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None.

a collection of characteristics by which something is recognizable

an attitude, an emotion, that sort of thing

The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. The quality or condition of being the same as something else.

the sum of the characteristics that makes a thing what it is

A collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is recognizable or known.

the self as part of the social environment of the language user motivating or characterizing its use in certain situations, ¶6-1-5.

The Concept of identity is a complex compilation of theory and application. For more information and a complete description, see the identity page.

A person's global role in life and the perception of his/her sense of self.

a conception of self organized into rules for matching action to situations

What, how and who one perceives oneself to be; a multi-faceted self-concept that evolves throughout life

A subjective sense of coherence, consistency, and continuity of self, based in both personal and group history.

An individual's unique personality or self (i.e., “who we are inside”). The concept of individual identity is complicated by the fact that, rather than inhabiting a single identity, we all assume multiple identities that are defined by particular circumstances and relationships. Marxist and psychoanalytic theories further challenge the concept of identity, showing how it is constructed by largely unconscious processes of interpellation.   More recent theories of performativity offer possibilities for challenging the rigidity of the traditional identities on offer—identities that are founded in essentialist notions of gender, race, and sexuality.

A person's distinct sense of self; used in DID to refer to each divided part of the soul created by dissociation; is sometimes used interchangeably with “personality.

That which we perceive to be permanent about a perceived real-world entity; the identity of a person or an organization.

In Eriksonian psychosocial theory, the acceptance of both self and society, a concept that must be achieved at every stage but is especially important during adolescence.

The common sense notion of personal identity. A person's name, personality, physical body, and history, including such attributes as nationality, educational achievements, employer, security clearances, financial and credit history, etc. In a biometric system, identity is typically established when the person is registered in the system through the use of so-called “breeder documents” such as birth certificate, passport, etc.

self knowledge about one's characteristics or personality; a sense of self.

Broad, coherent, internalized view of who a person is and what a person wants to be, believes, and values that emerges during adolescence.

an equation with one variable that has all numbers as a solution

a statement that is true by definition at all times

An equation that is always true.

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An equation is an identity if it is true for every possible choice of values for its variables.

an equation that has an infinite number of solutions.

An equation that is true for every value of the variable.

An equation that is true for all elements of its domain.

a special kind of number

the part of one's personality of which one is aware and is able to see as a meaningful and coherent whole. A rule specifying that certain activities leave objects or situations unchanged. For adolescents the sum of who they consider themselves to be.

A number that when an operation is applied to a given number yields that given number. For multiplication, the identity is one and for addition the identity is zero

Two meanings, both valid: 1) The sum of all the characteristics, tangible and intangible, that make the offer unique. 2) The elements of brand identification (e.g., the name, symbol and colors) by which an offer can be identified.

Unique Identity or an element with respect to a defining domain (e.g., Organization or Party)

Your identity is the set of unique personal characteristics and information that describes you. Much of this information should remain very private in order to keep other people from impersonating you or committing identity theft.

Who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group which make them different from others.

a group of qualities – language, nationality, race, religion and others – that constitute a person's individuality.

The awareness of being a person separate and distinct from all others.

In Outlook Express, it is possible to create separate identities, one for each member of your household. This allows individuals to keep their personal e-mail private on a shared computer.